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Joe Donahue, c. 2000 Paul Marion, c. 1986 (photo by James Higgins) At 2 p.m. today, there’s a poetry reading with these young guys pictured above at the Whistler House Museum of Art, Parker Gallery, 243 Worthen St., downtown Lowell. The program is called “The Cultural Lines of Poetry,…
Read More »“A. G. Pollard’s” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original 1973] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Everyone is invited to attended the public announcement today of the plan to create the Nelson Mandela Overlook on the grounds of the Tsongas Center of Lowell. The African American Alliance of Lowell, organized by community leaders including Bowa George Tucker, Janet B. Johnson, and Gordon Halm, in partnership with…
Read More »John C. Leggatt was the longest serving probate court judge in Massachusetts’ history. He was born in Lowell in 1883. His father was a machinist and the family lived at 244 Broadway. John graduated from Lowell High and Boston University School of Law and had a very busy probate practice…
Read More »Thanks to the 60+ people who attended yesterday’s Moses Greeley Parker lecture called “Lowell and the Lowell”. In the coming weeks I plan to share some of the stories and photos from the lecture as blog posts. Here’s the first: Stanley Qua was born in Lowell in 1880. He graduated…
Read More »Today at 2 pm at the Lowell National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, I’ll give a Moses Greeley Parker Lecture on “Lowell and the Law.” It will review the history of the legal community in the city with comment on some interesting characters and trials. The talk will…
Read More »Such an incredible day at the Everett Mill today! The Lawrence History Center welcomed nearly 200 people for a full day of scholarship and dialogue about the new immigration into Lawrence and similar communities. We’ll report out with more photos and stories from the day, but here’s one of our…
Read More »Next week is a big one for the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Program. Not only will the 2014 Scholar be here, Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa, but three past Scholars will be at events for a reunion—including 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia. Albie…
Read More »“Linocut of Rooftop from Wilder St. Bridge” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Angkor Dance Troupe at UMass Lowell (photo by Rosemary Noon) Last night, more than 500 people attended an extraordinary performance of dance and music in UMass Lowell’s Durgin Concert Hall by the Angkor Dance Troupe, Flying Orb Productions, and UMass Lowell’s World Music Ensemble. The one-day festival included sculptor Yary…
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